Bawumia safe after accident; one dead

Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia escaped unhurt in a motor accident on Saturday, 16 February 2019, a statement from his office has said.

The incident, according to the vice-president’s spokesperson Dr Gideon Boako, occurred around 6:30 p.m. on the Takoradi – Cape Coast highway, as Dr Bawumia returned from the Western Region.

“The driver of a commercial vehicle, which was also involved in the accident, unfortunately, however, passed on”, the statement said.

It added that “some other passengers and security persons who were injured were conveyed to the Cape Coast Regional hospital and are responding to treatment”.

“Vice-President Bawumia’s thoughts and prayers are with the injured and the family of the deceased”.

Source: Ghana/otecfmghana.com